so what if I like the dog more than my family so what if my list of hobbies includes: sitting so what if I want to get a tattoo of the word “if” on my left arm so what if all I do is dream and fail to live so what if the trees and clouds make me happier than most people so what if I think I think more interesting thoughts than the proles on the street so what if my clothes are second hand and tatty so what if I just spent the afternoon smoking pot and listening to the Velvet Underground & Nico so what if I eat too much junk food so what if my passions are all abstracted so what if this never gets published
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so what if the war never stops so what if bush and blair are right so what if I’m European so what if the third world war is called “War on Terror” so what if the war never stops so what if the war never stops so what if you die and he dies and she dies so what if the postal service post my letters at noon so what if the globe is warming so what if the gorillas die out so what if the guerrillas die out so what if we eat GM foods
